Kelvin Teo, MBBS, PhD, senior consultant, Advanced Eye Clinic & Surgery, adjunct associate professor, Duke NUS Eye ACP, Singapore, presents real-world data showing that a single 8-mg dose…
Andrew Chang, MBBS, PhD, consultant ophthalmologist and head of Ophthalmology, Sydney Eye Hospital, Australia, shares real-world experience using 8-mg intravitreal aflibercept for neovascular age-related macular degeneration and reports…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A study conducted at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, UK, finds that the benefits seen at 1 year with bevacizumab treatment of macular…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A Canadian study confirms an increased risk of uveitis and scleritis in first-time users of oral bisphosphonates. “Patients taking bisphosphonates must be familiar…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of two trials indicate that verteporfin photodynamic therapy plus ranibizumab injections is no better than ranibizumab alone for treating subfoveal choroidal neovascularization…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients undergoing cataract surgery, topical anesthesia doesn’t provide the same degree of pain relief as regional anesthesia although it’s associated with fewer…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Postcataract surgery endophthalmitis rates in the United States declined slightly between 2003 and 2004, but there is still room for improvement, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For preterm neonates at risk of retinopathy, high-dose vitamin A supplementation started soon after birth produces a significant increase in retinal function, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with type 2 diabetes who don’t have retinopathy at baseline have a relatively low risk of developing eye complications during 5 to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single dose of oral azithromycin reduces the recurrence of trichiasis for up to three years more so than a six-week regimen of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nail bed hemorrhage may serve as a clinical marker of optic disc hemorrhage in patients with glaucoma, researchers from South Korea report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Trabeculectomy to relieve intraocular pressure (IOP) is more likely to fail if patients subsequently undergo cataract surgery, particularly if the interval between operations…
